We've talked up the online discount retailer, Monoprice plenty of times for their cheap HDMI cables and insanely cheap headphones, but the store sells all kinds of gadgets and accessories. If you've never dug in, here are a few things we'd recommend searching Monoprice for before you pay full price elsewhere.

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Monoprice has been well-loved among tech geeks for a while for providing all kinds of cheap gear that's still good quality. Some of it, like their budget 5.1 home theater speaker system was so good Monoprice was sued by the company they were copying. So, if you've only purchased Monoprice's HDMI cables, you'll find a lot more to love (and more money to save). Here are a few things you might not have thought of ordering from Monoprice.

Phone Cases and Accessories

For whatever reason, cases and other cell phone accessories are obnoxiously expensive. Walk into a retail store looking for something simple like a car charger and you'll pay at least $5. That's not a lot of money really, until you consider that you can grab the same thing from from Monoprice for $1.22.

Monoprice's selection of cases, screen protectors, and other cell phone accessories is surprisingly large, and the specialized Apple section ensures you won't ever have to overpay for something simple at the Apple Store again.

All Your Cables, Adapters, and Switches

When you're into gadgets, the most obnoxiously overpriced items are the ones you don't really expect to pay for. This means cables, adapters to make things work with older gear, or switches to make all your gadgets play together. We're all well aware that Monoprice has the best HDMI cables around, but the fact holds true for just about all their various cables, adapters, and switches.

The fact is, unless you're doing some heavy duty living, the build quality on something like a cable or adapter doesn't really matter. In most cases, you're fine grabbing something cheap that gets the job done, and Monoprice is very good at providing just that. From gender changers to Cat5 cables, buying cables from Monoprice will pretty much always save you money.

It's worth adding that Monoprice is known for copying designs, and their role as a provider of generic tech gear is pretty well established. Some of their stuff, like a 802.11N router or their mechanical keyboard might put off name brand shoppers, but their 30 day money back guarantee and lack of a restocking fee often outweigh the risk of buying what may end up being a inferior product. Not everything they sell is going to be good, but at least it's easy to return.

Want more? Here are a few random things we had no idea Monoprice even sold until we started digging deep into the store: